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This photo captures a table in the lobby of the White House strewn with hats, which etiquette required the men to remove as soon as they came indoors. Because the table has so many hats, we know it was a busy day in the West Wing. This charming image from The New York Times Archive is a nostalgic ode to one of fashion’s most dignified but vanished customs.